2011 Danuta Gleed Literary Award Shortlist Announced

This is the 15th year the award has been given and it honours the best first English-language collection of short fiction published by a Canadian author in 2011.

The shortlist consists of:

Copernicus Avenue (Cormorant Books), by Andrew J. Borkowski

Stopping for Strangers (Véhicule Press), by Daniel Griffin

This Will Be Difficult to Explain (Hamish Hamilton Canada), by Johanna Skibsrud

And Also Sharks (Cormorant Books), by Jessica Westhead

Not Anyone’s Anything (Freehand Books), by Ian Williams

Mark your calendars! The winners will be announced in Toronto on Thursday, June 7, 2012 at a morning press conference at Ben McNally Books.

The top three finalists will be given a cash prize. First prize consists of $10,000 and the other two finalists receive $500.

The jury this year was comprised of authors Gail Anderson Dargatz, Robin McGrath and Hal Niedzviecki. These judges determined the shortlist from 36 collections submitted.

This award celebrates the life Danuta Gleed, an award-winning short fiction writer who died in 1996. Danuta's first collection of short fiction, One of the Chosen (BuschekBooks), published posthumously. This award is made possible through a generous donation from John Gleed, in memory of his late wife, and is administered by The Writers’ Union of Canada.

For further information about The 2011 Danuta Gleed Literary Award, please contact Diane Hargrave by phone at 416-467-9954, ext 104 or by e-mail at dhprbks@interlog.com

The League of Canadian Poets has announced the shortlists for the Raymond Souster Award, the Pat Lowther Memorial Award, the Gerald Lampert Memorial Award and the winner of the Sheri-D Wilson Golden Beret Award.